UPDATE 1-Trump says troops will not fire on migrant caravan

U.S. President Donald Trump
said on Friday that illegal immigrants who throw rocks at the
military would be arrested, but not fired upon by troops.

He made the remarks to reporters one day after he suggested
the military could fire on members of a migrant caravan if they
throw rocks at troops.

Trump has hardened his stance on immigration, and
specifically a caravan of migrants traveling through Mexico as
they flee violence and poverty in Central America, ahead of next
week's elections, in which Trump's Republican party seeks to
maintain control of the two congressional chambers.

On Monday the Pentagon said it had deployed more than 5,200
troops to the border after Trump said on Twitter he was sending
the military.

Trump said on Wednesday the United States could send as many
as 15,000 troops to the border, more than are in Afghanistan.

On Thursday, Trump said his administration was finalizing a
plan to require asylum seekers to enter the country through
legal ports of entry, although it remained unclear whether such
a limitation would be legally possible.
(Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Writing by Makini Brice; Editing
by Jeffrey Benkoe and Dan Grebler)

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